Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 2

Bhagavad Gita 2.29

आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः। आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः श्रृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित्॥

āśhcharya-vat paśhyati kaśhchid enan āśhcharya-vad vadati tathaiva chānyaḥ āśhcharya-vach chainam anyaḥ śhṛiṇoti śhrutvāpyenaṁ veda na chaiva kaśhchit

Translation

As marvellous one regardeth him; as marvellous another speaketh thereof; as marvellous another heareth thereof; yet having heard none indeed understandeth.

What it means

Some see the Self as a wonder, some speak of it as a wonder, some hear of it as a wonder; yet none truly understands. Even correct information about the Self is not realization. The Gita points beyond hearing about truth to seeing it.

Try this today

A humility check: the deepest truths stay marvellous even after explanation.

Something to reflect on

What deep truth have I heard a hundred times without ever seeing it?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.